Figurative Language
What type of figurative language is used in this sentence:
“The classroom was a zoo.”
Metaphor
This brave and determined enslaved girl is the main narrator of Chains.
Isabel
A word that means family members or relatives.
Kin
This literary device is the main message or lesson an author wants the reader to learn.
Theme
The person telling the story or the perspective from which the story is told.
Point of view
This figurative language gives human qualities to animals or objects.
Personification
This character is Isabel’s younger sister, whose innocence and kindness contrast with Isabel’s anger.
Ruth
This word means feeling or showing deep sadness.
Mournful
The time and place in which a story occurs is known as this literary element.
Setting
The sequence of events in a story, usually including a beginning, middle, and end.
Plot
This figurative language device uses the words like or as to make a comparison.
Simile
This cruel Loyalist owns Isabel and Ruth and frequently reminds them they are her “property.”
Madam Lockton
If someone is secretly working together with others, especially to do something wrong, they are in this.
Cahoots
This literary device refers to the struggle between opposing forces in a story.
Conflict
The person, object, or force that creates obstacles for the main character in a story.
“The wind howled angrily through the night” is an example of this type of figurative language.
Personification
This wealthy Loyalist husband of Madam Lockton uses silence and authority to control those around him.
Mr or Elihu Lockton
This verb means to officially set free from slavery.
Manumit
Clues and hints an author gives to suggest future events in a story are called this literary device.
Foreshadowing
The part of the story where the tension is highest and the main character faces a turning point.
Climax
Exaggeration used for emphasis, not meant to be taken literally, is called this figurative language device.
Hyperbole
This slave boy works for the Patriots and secretly pushes Isabel to spy in exchange for a promise of freedom.
Curzon
This noun describes complete disorder or confusion.
When the reader knows something the character does not, this literary device is being used.
Dramatic irony
The part of the story where the problem is solved and the story comes to a close.
Resolution